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protospacers

protospacers is the plural of protospacer.

Meaning of protospacer

Noun

protospacer (plural protospacers)

  1. A particular DNA motif.
    • Genomic DNA was extracted from parental and mutant cell lines and used as the template to amplify fragments of 200 to 1,500 bp containing the protospacer regions chosen for Cas9 targeting of the TcPFR1, TcPFR2, and TcGP72 genes.2015 July 21, Noelia Lander et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Disruption of Paraflagellar Rod Protein 1 and 2 Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals Their Role in Flagellar Attachment”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI

Questions about protospacers

What is protospacers the plural of?
Protospacers is the plural of protospacer.

Words near protospacers in the dictionary

  1. protosome
  2. protosomes
  3. protosomite
  4. protosomites
  5. protospacer
  6. protospacers
  7. protospatharios
  8. protospatharius
  9. protospecies
  10. protospeech
  11. protosphere

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